Takamasa Kitagawa
Takamasa Kitagawa ( Japanese 北 川 貴 理 , Kitagawa Takamasa; * September 5, 1996 ) is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 400-meter run .
At the 2014 Athletics Continental Cup in Marrakech, he finished fourth in the 4 x 400 meter relay with the Asia-Pacific team.
In 2015 he was fifth at the Asian Athletics Championships, fifth over 400 meters and won bronze in the relay. With the Japanese 4-by-400-meter relay, he won silver at the Universiade in Gwangju and was eliminated in the preliminary stages at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing . At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he was eliminated from the relay in the preliminary round.
He set his personal best of 45.52 s on June 27, 2015 in Niigata .
Kitagawa began studying at Juntendō University in 2015 .
Web links
- Takamasa Kitagawa in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 陸上 競技 部 北 川 貴 理 選手 (1 年) 『2015 ワ ー ル ド リ レ ー ズ』 の 日本 代表 選手 に 選出 さ れ る! . Juntendō University, April 27, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015 (Japanese).
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SURNAME | Kitagawa, Takamasa |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 北 川 貴 理 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | japanese sprinter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th September 1996 |